Having arrived at Ganghwa bus terminal, I boarded a bus to Chondungsa, where I disembarked and walked in a large loop around the southeastern part of the island. This hike took about 6.5 hours.
Conditions were clear, sunny, and hot, which generated a lot of haze over the tidal flats, making identification of distant shorebirds difficult, and resulted in a very uncomfortable sunburn. Conditions over the ponds and ricefields were ideal, however, and the following species (and numbers) were recorded:
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis (1)
Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha (many)
Common Teal Anas crecca crecca (2)
Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus (2 juv.)
Little Egret Egretta garzetta (70+)
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes (4)
Pacific Reef Egret Egretta sacra (1 dp flying roughly NE)
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea (approx. 40)
Great Egret Egretta alba (60+)
Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia (approx. 30)
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis (40+)
Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus (1)
Striated Heron Butoroides striatus (5)
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax (50+)
Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinesnsis (1)
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major (1)
Grey-faced Green Woodpecker Picus canus (2)
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops (1)
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis (1)
Pacific Swift Apus pacificus (2)
Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis (many)
Ring-necked Pheasant Phaisanus colchicus (several)
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus (15+)
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra (1)
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica (8)
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata (6)
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis (approx. 20)
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus (11)
Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos (2)
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius (4)
Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris (200+?)
Yellow-legged (Mongolian) Gull Larus cachinnans mongolicus (2) (sic)(WBKEnglish prefers to consider Mongolian Gull a full species, and it is referred to as so throughout the rest of the site.)
Little Tern Sterna albifrons (3)
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus (1)
small Accipiter sp. (2)
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus (4)
Black-billed Magpie Pica pica (many)
Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyana (2)
Carrion Crow Corvus corone (9)
Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus (4)
White-cheeked (Grey) Starling Sturnus cineraceus (approx. 25)
Marsh Tit Parus palustris (several)
Great Tit Parus major (several)
Varied Tit Parus varius (several)
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica (many)
Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica (several)
Brown-eared Bulbul Ixos amaurotis (several)
Vinous-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus (many)
White Wagtail Motacilla alba (several)
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea (several)
Oriental Greenfinch Carduelis sinica (several)
Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides (3)